Summary
Hurley Elementary is a 574-student K–6 school in Visalia, served by Visalia Unified. Its strongest overall distinction is that it pairs results above state and district averages in all three tested subjects with the lowest chronic absenteeism rate among the nearby schools: 9% in 2025–2026, compared with 19% districtwide and 18% statewide.
Hurley’s strongest subject compared with the state and district is math: 57% of students were proficient, versus 38% statewide and 31% in the district. ELA proficiency was 60% (49% statewide, 48% districtwide), and science was 46% (36% statewide, 31% districtwide). Hurley also exceeded nearby-school averages in all three subjects, by 9 points in ELA, 16 in math and 13 in science. Its nearby-school standing was fourth in ELA and math and third in science, so it performs well but is not the area leader. Absenteeism was below the next-lowest nearby school, Oak Grove Elementary, at 10%.
Test results have improved substantially since 2022–2023: proficiency rose 9 points in ELA, 13 in math and 17 in science by 2025–2026. However, compared with the prior year, ELA fell 3 points and math fell 1, while science rose 2. SchoolDigger ranked Hurley 1,254th of 5,804 schools, at the 78th percentile with 4 stars. Its 2024–2025 student-teacher ratio was 23.4, above the nearby-school average of 22.1; 49% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year. SchoolDigger’s ranking for Multi-racial Students was at the 29th percentile, compared with 78th overall, a notably lower relative measure of how well the school serves this group. Its ranking for Special Education Students rose from the 46th percentile in 2022–2023 to the 73rd in 2023–2024. These yearly proficiency rates are not measures of growth for the same students.
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